Pa. Philanthropist Under Investigation for Tax
Evasion

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Federal prosecutors
contend a businessman known for pledging money to help track down
criminals has pocked $3.2 million of income over the past several years
while not paying federal taxes since 2000.

Court papers allege Joe
Mammana diverted millions from his Yardley egg farm into his personal
checking account and four other business accounts to avoid income
taxes.Mammana has been "lining his pockets and accumulating luxury
cars and a luxury house with the proceeds of his business, all while
refusing to report this illicit income to the IRS," the U.S.
Attorney's Office said in court papers Friday.

The court filing
requested Mammana be kept in custody while awaiting trial on recent gun
charges. U.S. Magistrate L. Felipe Restrepo granted the request, denying
bail because he said Mammana was a flight risk.

Mammana was
arrested on Thursday, the day after authorities found a loaded handgun in
his home during a search for evidence of possible mail and wire fraud,
according to an arrest warrant.

He has a lengthy criminal record
that includes convictions for aggravated assault, larceny and narcotics
violations.

The felon-turned-philanthropist has offered reward
money in numerous high-profile cases, including the disappearance of
Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba last year and the death of
Julie Popovich, whose skeletal remains were found Sept. 1 near an Ohio
reservoir.

Mammana is embroiled in a lawsuit with an Ohio
crime-stoppers group that alleged he reneged on the reward offered in the
Popovich slaying. The head of the group, Kevin Miles, is also suing
Mammana, saying someone with a baseball bat attacked him and told him to
drop the lawsuit.

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